Lang Lang is to Lady Gaga...

Lang Lang is to Lady Gaga as Alexander Gavrylyuk is to ... Christina Aguilera? It seems like these days, the freaks are getting freakier, trumping all and the rest are left trying to find that quirkiness to set them apart from the rest. Some succeed but most end up in a messy dribble.Having an impressive and firey 16-year old Gavrylyuk performance as the benchmark and with 10 years down the track of not having heard his playing much, I was very curious as to what Gavrylyuk had grown into. Gavrylyuk presented an aesthetically (on paper) pleasing...

Psssssttt...... Gossip Couture!

Pssst ... have you heard the latest rumour? Gossip Gossip Gossip is what women do best. But when it's Gossip and it's in reference to beautiful garments, NOW we're talking! Sick and tired of the brainless mass-produced clothes in malls and everyone looking like everyone else, I've gone rogue ... ha! My love for clothes has not and will never cease so i'm continually on the hunt for new pieces.... so coming across Gossip Couture on FashionTV one night, I set out to find this amazing gems and the brains behind it.Over the weekend, I had the lovely...

Melbourne Piano Trio Sydney Launch Concert

Moving people together....Melbourne Public Transport ... Most Paid Trio ... whatever you want M.P.T to stand for, I'm talking about The Melbourne Piano Trio. It's refreshing to see a new crop of young energetic musicians gracing our classical music scene with serious determination, high-spirits and a true passion for chamber music.The Trio of 26 year olds consist of cool-calm-collected Hoang Pham (piano), tiny-pocket-rocket Ji-Won Kim (violin) and friendly giant Chris Howlett (cello). Each have established themselves in their solo careers having...

be happy!

I like to think that I'm an optimist and see the glass as half full; to see the upside to every situation; to laugh off any unfortunate events that occur to me and say everything happens for a reason. But sometimes, you feel SO frickin' down and feel like you've hit an all time low. You ask yourself WHY this has happened to me? Me out of all people? I know the feeling, we've all been there but watching the news this morning as well as a few other things recently, I am assured once again there are MUCH MUCH worse things that could happen to me.Just look at the earthquakes in New Zealand, not once,...